Golf-bag support.



I. H. BABCOCK.

GOLF BAG SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 23. 191B.

Pamnted Jan. M, 1919.

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llIlEt-Wllltl' H. t t COCK, F ALFRED, NEW Ytlltl'fi, ASHE-MGR 01FUNE-lEU'URT'H T0 DANIEL 0. MA. UNITE-EIGHTH TU LYLE BENNJEHUFEE, RUTH01F ALFRED, NEW YORK.

GOLF-BAG STJ'PPURT.

innate To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, IRWIN H. BAncoon, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Alfred, in the county ofAllegany and State porting golf club bags, and a general object of theinvention is to provide a very simple means for this purpose, which isreadily attachable to or detachable from the golf bag and when in usewill hold the golf bag in a vertical position andprevent its collapsing,thus doing away with the necessity of a person holding the golf bag whenthe player is using a club or at other times.

A further object ofthe invention is to pro.- vide a device of thischaracter having a pointed rod mounted thereon which may be forced intothe ground to hold the golf bag supported and in this connection to socon struct and arrange this pointed rod that it may be depressed by thefoot of the player.

Another object ,is to provide a spring which, under normalcircumstances, will hold theirod raised, but which will not bestrongenough to prevent the retention of the rod in its projectedposition by frictional engagement with the ground. 1

- A further object is to provide a device of this character having meansat its lower end for-engaging the ground, and means at its upper andlower ends for detachable engage- I merit with agolf club bag.

Another object is to provide an invention which is extremely light,portable, and easily and cheaply manufactured. p

@ther objects will appear in the course of the followin description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure1 is a side elevation of a golf bag with my improved support, thesupport being partly in section;

l ig. 2 is an elevation as in Fig. 1, but looln ing toward the outerface of the support,

and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detalled sectional view showing the mannerofconn'ecting the support to the end of the bag.

Referring to the drawings, designates a specification of Letters Patent.

Patented a ail, ii, rein.

application filed February at, 191%. Serial No. $183M.

strip of steel, which is preferably about 8 in width and may "be of anysuitable thickness. This strip is approximately 3 feet long and about 10from the lower end the strip is angularly bent, as at 11. The remainderof the strip extends downward nearly parallel to the upper portionof thestrip. at

tached to this downwardly extending portion 12 at the l0wer end of thestrip is a cylindrical casing 13 and disposed within this casing is acoiled spring 1 1. This tube till or casing 13 is closed, at its ends byscrewthreaded heads 15 and passing through these heads is a rod 16constituting a plunger, the

lower end of this rod being pointed. This rod has aflange 17 which'bearsagainst the upper endof the spring l-l, so as to urge the rod or plungerupward into its retracted po sition with its point above the lower endof the strip 10. The upper end of the plunger is formed with a head 18.For the purpose of connecting the strip to the golf bag, 1 bend over theupper end a of the strip as at 19 and attach to the adj acent face ofthe strip 10, a spring or springs 20 which extend upward and outward andhave heads at their outer ends. This provides for clamping the upper endof the golf bag between the spring 20 and the overturned portion 19,thus connecting the upper end of the golf bag to the supporting strip.The lower end of the strip 10 is re vided with straps 21 which may bebuc led around the lower portion of the golf bag.

ft is obvious that it is necessaryto offset the portion 12 of the stripfrom the upper portion thereof, so that the head of the plunger issufficiently distant from the face of the strip so that it may beconveniently engaged by the foot of the operator. This offset, however,is relatively slight, being in actual practice only about 11-. When thedevice is attached to a golf bag the spring snap, formed by the spring20, and the overturned portion 19 will engage with the up-- per end ofthe golf bag directly upon the metallic ring which surrounds the mouthof the bag. Ur acc'ountof the flexibility'of the canvas or leather, ofwhich the golf bag is made, it will be obvious that the offsetting ofthe lower portion of the strip will not in any way affect the securesupport of the ha lTn the actual use of this invention, the uptill Mill

lllltt cal position. 'When'it is desired to take up 7 the golf bag, itis simply lifted, the plunger having been withdrawn from the earth, and

then the spring 1% causes the plunger to be completely retracted. Itwill be seen that the strip is relatively narrow and may be made ofrelatively light material, It will also be obvious that various minormodifications might be made, without departing from the spirit of theinvention, as defined in the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim is: i

1. A golf bag support comprising a strip of metal having a lengthapproximately that of the bag to be supported, means at the upper andlower ends of the strip for detachably engaging it upon the exteriorofa. golf bag, and a pointed plungerslidably mounted upon the lower end ofthe strip and adapted to be forced. into the ground.

2. A golf bag support comprising a strip of metal having a length"approximately that of the bag to be supported, means at the upper andlower ends of the strip for detachably engaging it upon the exterior ofa golf bag, a pointed plunger 'slidably amounted upon the lower end ofthe strip and adapted to be forced into theground,

and a springurging said plunger upWard/ 3. A golf bag support comprisinga strip of metal having means at its upper and lower ends for detachableengagement to a aaeneee at its lower end, and a plunger slidably mountedon the strip adapted to be forced into the ground to hold the strip andthe bag in vertical position.

5. A golf bagsupport comprising a strip of metal bent over at its upperend to extend inside the upper end of a golf bag and having springsextending upward and outward toward said overturned end to form clampsengageable with the upper end of a golf bag, means on the lower end ofthe strip for engaging the golf bag, and a spring raised, downwardlydepressible pointed plunger mounted on the strip.

6. A golf bag support comprising a strip of metal, the upper end of thestrip being bent over to engage within the mouth of a golf bag, saidstrip adjacent its lower end being angularly bent and then extendeddownward, means on the lower end of the strip for embracing the golfbag, a coil spring operatively supported upon the lower portion of thestrip, and a plunger op'eratively supported within said coil spring andnormally urged to a raised posi .tion by said spring, said plunger beingdepress ible into the ground.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

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